Governor Jim Pillen, (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)
LINCOLN — Governor Jim Pillen issued the following statement ahead of Legislature’s anticipated first-round debate on LB3, which would restore Winner-Take-All to the allocation of Nebraska’s electoral college votes in presidential elections:
“Next week the Legislature will debate restoring Winner-Take-All, which would unify Nebraska’s electoral college vote allocation in line with 48 other states, strengthen our voice in presidential elections, and end the division created three decades ago by liberal partisan Democrats bent on exploiting the urban-rural divide in our state.
Ending this failed experiment has been attempted many times since then. We have the opportunity to fix it this year if Unicameral Republicans stand together as a team. President Trump has called for the restoration of WTA, as have the majority of Nebraskans across our state.
I call upon our Republican Senators to answer this call and vote to advance WTA. In particular, I hope that veteran Senator Merv Riepe stands with his fellow Republicans on this critical issue. Sen. Riepe voted for WTA three times before and pledged to restore it in a special session just before the 2024 election. If he remains consistent with his past votes and his 2024 pledge, WTA can finally be restored.
At minimum, WTA deserves a fair up-or-down vote on its merits by the people’s representatives, not to be smothered by a filibuster led by ultra-liberal Democrats.”
